Automobile-signal.



W. HAY.4

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL; APPucATxoN men Junin. 191s."

' 1,301,842. I v l Patented Apr.29,1919.

Moi/Mui AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented new. 2e, wie.

Application filed June d11i, 1918. Serial No. 239,393.

To all y'lo/tom, 'it may conce/'11,.'

lie it known that l, \\'i|.i i.\.\i linx", a citizeu ot' (irea't Britain, a resident oi' Holyoke, Mass., and who on May li'th. lillldeclared his `iteution to become ci! izen ot the United States, residing at llolyoke. in the county oig llauipden and State ot' lilassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Iu'iproveuicnts in utoiuohiliz-Signals, of which the Following is a specification.

This invention relatesto an automobile signaling' device and has tor its object to provide a simple, and easily attached indicator tor application to the sides of an automobile wind shield to indicate the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn, the device being so placed as to be readily operated by uieans o t a. lever, actuated either by hand or by toot powern With these objects in view, together withA others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation` combination and arrangement of pars, all as will he described more fully hereinafter', particularly pointed out in the claiui, and illustrated iuA the accompanying drawings, in, which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the signal device set to warn other vehicles and pedestrians that a turn to be made to the right.

Figi'. 2 is a horizontal(` sectional View through the device on the line 2-2 of Fig". 1, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectional View on line S-3l ot the saine figure.

lu the drawings is shown iu dotted lines a portion ot the wind shield of an automobile, to each Side edge of which ou the rear face of the wind shield is attached an upright casing; 10 ot' box like ioriu having a removable trout 11 held in place by a tongue 12 on its lower end engagingT a ,g'roove in the bottom ot the easing;f and a screw 13 passing;1 through 'the top ot the front 11 and threaded into tl.etop ot' the easing 10. The casing' 10 is both narrow laterally and shallow from front to rear and, extends troni the floor oi' the automobile upwardly lio-the, joint between the two sections of the wind shield.

Slidable longitudinally within this elongrated casing is a bar 14, held in contact with a longitudinal rib 15 extendingr from end to end ot the easing, by holding: blocks lti fixedl against the wall of the casing. This rib .turned to lower the bar 14: into indicated in'Fig. 1, the rack 21 -forms a slideway for the bar 14 and in connection with the blocks 16, hold the bar in proper relation to other parts of the Signal device. (lu the rear face of the bar 14 at the lower end thereof, are a series of teeth 17 which torni a, rack with which meshes a pinion 18 keyed on a horizontal shaft 19 rotatable in suitable bearings on 'the sides of the casingr 10, said shaft extendingr toward the center ot the automobile for a suitable distancenear the floor thereof and at its inner end has fixed thereon a lever 201 which iuay be operated either by hand or by foot. Upon movement of the lever in one direction or the other, the shaft 19 will be rocked and the pinion 18 thereon engaging the rack 17 Will raise or lower the bal'. 14.

0n the outer side of the bar 14 at its upper i end is a second rack gagged a pinion 22 rigidly secured to one end of a semaphore or signal arm 14, mounted to swing on a pin or bolt 24: passing' through the pinion 22, signal arm 23and front wall of the casing 10. When the signal is not in use, it hangs suspended and Iwholly within the casing 10, as in dotted lines in Fig. 1, but whenv the shaft 19 is the position turning the pinion QZWill swingq the signal arm outwardly into horizontal position, the arm passing through a longitudinal slot 25 formed in the'outer side ot the casing. 1n this position, the signal arm 23 having'a pointer 26 on its outer end, Will show clearly the direction which the vehicle proposes to take, and after making' the turn, a reverse movement of the shaft 19 Will lower the signal arm and cause it to enter the easing. Preferably the top of the slot 25 through which the signal arni swings teri'i'iinailes at such a distance below the top of the casing that when the .q1-rn is in operative position, its upper edge will contact with the `top of the slot which forms a stop for the signal arm and maintains it in a horizontal. position.

ln the use ot this signa-ling be understood that one will device, it is to bev secured at the right side ofthe Vehicle and a Similar one at the left side, the signal arms of each device being arranged to swing outwardly. T he operating shaft 19 extends toward the center ot ther-,ar and tern'iinates at such points that the levers 20 will be in suffi- 21 with which is en- @in said ha 01' rocking "Sh sama, a.. 'fast om 'sind sha'; Within be casing u 1d n @iam mt lgh;

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